Hermit of the Yellow Banks John McKirahan Dies
John McKirahan known as Uncle Jonnly hermit of the Yellow Banks dies in Foster Nebraska at age about eighty. He settled alone in the Yellow Banks in 1862 after moving to Omaha in 1857 and West Point in 1858. Burial will be at Jacksons cemetery. he was the first treasurer of Cuming County.
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Neb
John McKirahag
Jonnly
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Mire
Doele Johnnie
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Crook
John Mekhirahan
Jeehkson
Cuming County
Omaha
West Point
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Anderson
Norfolk
Nebraska
Camp Perry
Ohio
Paul S. Dietrick
State Sunday School Association
Madison
Dietrick
Stanton County
Bega
Hoskins
Leroy S. Angel
Matt Miller
Charles HH. Brown Company
E. P. Weatherby
Stanton
North State
Methodist Chiuve
Ociferenee
Bishop McIntyre
America
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Nelish
Bithell
Methdiat
Conference
Hitchell Hase Jione
Local residents listed in-city visits and travel notes
A chronology of residents and visitors including Miss Erna Wilde, Mrs. B F Stear, Ray Munsterman, Miss Lulu Cronk, Peter Stafford, Dr G A Young, Mrs J B Smith, Larkin, JT C Cantwell, Miss Lee Hale, L W Abernathy, Mrs Joseph Schwarte, Fred Remonder, Judge Riseley, Miss Margaret Smmlton, Mrs William Degnuer, Mrs William Eckora, Mrs L M Beeler, Miss Delle Dupley, Miss Stella Stirk, Mrs A Q Hazen, Mrs A W Borge, Presiding Writer Thomas Bithell, Mrs Rose Sheets, Mrs J W Brewer, Mrs John Krante, Mark, John Bohm, Miss Nell Evans, Miss Madeline Stein, Clara Atverson, W B Reed, Mr and Mrs Will Pofahl, Miss Nora Kutzler.
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Harriett Mather
Madison
Larkin
Winnetoon
JT. C. Cantwell
Lincoln
Lee Hale
Atkinson
Ll. W. Abernathy
Lynch
Joseph Schwarte
Omaha
Fred Remonder
Near Bayard
Judge Riseley
Anoka
Margaret Smmilton
Merce
William Degnuer
Hadar
William Eckora
Hoskina
Mary Mason
Wayne Ita
L. M. Beeler
Delle Dupley
Battle
A. W. Borge
W. J. Weatherholt
Thomas Bithell
Plainview
Rose Sheets
Meadow Grove
J. HW. Brewer
John Krante
Mark
Osmond
John Bohm
Sioux Cirve
Schorvee
Nell Evans
Columbus
W. F
Madeline Stein
Clara Atverson
Thayer
W. BF. Reed
Norfolk
Spencer
Will Pofahl
Albany
N. Y
Napier
Clearwater
John Napier
Nora Kutzler
Map error places Presho in Tripp County
Special to The News explains the reformaton booklet shows Presho county north of Tripp and south of the White River. In fact Presho is part of Tripp County and will be open for settlement. The map uses an old government plat rather than the updated one.
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Presho
Tripp County
Lamro
White River
Hennett Company
Aly Hi
Elusive Buyer Wanted in City for Property Sale
Want ads seek a buyer for a property describing him as the most elusive man in the city. Short notice and limited details imply a hurried search for a discreet purchaser.
Norfolk Will Present Beautiful Gowns in Royal Chef Show
The Armitorium stage hosts the Royal Chef production September 1 with Mise Mary Malatesta as prima donna. She will wear gowns from Paris with orange velvet and white chiffon details. The entire company, famed from New York’s Lyric Theatre, performs here in full regalia and originality.
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Amlitorum
Norfolk
Mise Mary Malatesta
Mise Malatesta
Datis
Malatesta
Malafesta
Lyric Theater
New York
Fire destroys Dever county farmer's crop and stock
Sioux Falls Aug 21 Special to The News John McCaskle a prominent Dever county farmer faced total loss when lightning struck his barn after he hastily stored grain. The blaze consumed all threshing and much other property including several horses and cattle. Estimated damage about 4000 with only 1200 of insurance leaving a heavy net loss.
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Sioux Falls
John McCaskle
Dever County
Wis
McCuskie
Ringling Bros Circus To Visit Norfolk This September
The Ringling Bros circus, billed as the greatest on earth, will perform in Norfolk between September 18 and 25. The first advance man visited Friday morning to arrange the tour from Sioux City, marking Ringling Lines’ first Norfolk visit in a long period. Barnum’s came here last September.
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Ringlings’ Circus
Norfolk
Ringling Bros
Greatest On
City
Sioux City
Ring Lines
Barnum's
Norfolk Enters Neligh Schedule With Key Baseball Games
Norfolk faces Neligh in a midweek schedule tied to a larger baseball tournament. Oakdale and Brunswick games shift to Thursday with Norfolk, and a Wednesday game remains uncertain. Purses total $60 with winners receiving sixty percent.
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Norfolk
Nelle
Pi'iday
Oakdale
Brunewick
O'Nenl
Lie Bruns Wick-Oakdale
Stores that Hide Their Lights 5000 Hide Themselves Altogether
A short note reports that 5000 stores or lights disappear as they hide their illumination, leaving no visible display. The item remains terse with no further details.
Autos Speed on the Rosebud Race to Dallas Lamro Record
Special to The News describes drivers racing along a Dallas route to set a new twenty four mile record from Dallas to Lanro. The current record is held by a Buick in one hour ten minutes with five passengers aboard.
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Dallas
Relic Express Receipt Highlights Old Road Agent Days
Jere Fincher of the Black Hills owns a time worn Wells Fargo Express receipt for about $6,200 in government cash lost when a stage driver was robbed en route from Chadron to Fort Niobrara in 1881. The receipt survived while the cash was never recovered.
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Jere Fincher
Chadron
Elkhorn
Black Hills
Sioux Falls
S. D
ThHael Hills
Nebraska
Downey Faces Embezzlement Claim Over Insurance Payment
Fremont brakeman Downey disputes an $18 embezzlement claim filed by the National Accident Insurance company. He says the money was not his and paid under protest rather than risk prosecution. Downey, formerly an insurance agent, has been running out of Fremont.
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Fremont
Rides Through Barbed Wire Fence Injures Farmer
Andrew Anderson of Winside Nebraska suffered a severe leg injury when a frightened horse galloped through a barbwire fence. The wire sliced to the bone before the horse could be stopped, leaving a gruesome wound in the leg.
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Winside
Neb
Anus
Andrew Anderson
Anderson
Assignment of Grades to Buildings Announced for Coming Year
Norfolk school details announce grade assignments by building for the new year and the schedule of preliminary examinations. Johnny faces the return to school as a bell rings on the first day of September with teachers and rooms specified. Examinations for delinquent pupils and grade-level tests set for Thursday afternoon and Friday morning at the high school building.
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Norfolk
Johnny
Ballding
The Spanish Swindle in a South Dakota Letter
A local Molon equity resident James Towle distributes a disputed Spanish swindle tale. The letter, written by an unknown author, mocks civic plans and has drawn attention from readers and collectors who dismiss it as nonsense.
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Seth
Davelster
Mapes
Ameren
Ashe
Irnie
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